The late Zsa Zsa Gabor may have been married 9 times, but some of our still-living celebrities
still have time to give her a run for her money. Can you guess who’s been married the most times?
Halle Berry has been a bombshell for decades, but there are only three men who can say not only did
they capture her heart, they also became her ex-husbands. Hubby number one was former Major
League Baseball player David Justice, with their marriage lasting from 1993 to 1997.
They met after she saw him on MTV Rock n' Jock, but things went south
once their divorce got underway when she filed a restraining order against him.
Gossip flew that he was abusive, although he's always denied the claim.
"If it was me, then say it."
Berry's next marriage was to singer Eric Benét, whom she met at a concert in Los
Angeles. They exchanged vows in 2001 and divorced in 2005. At some point,
Berry learned that Benét was cheating on her, which she revealed to Oprah Winfrey in 2004.
Actor Olivier Martinez became husband number three after she met him on the set of the thriller
film Dark Tide. They tied the knot in 2013, divorced in 2016, and had a son along the way.
Billy Bob Thornton was just 23 years old when he married his first wife Melissa Lee Gatlin in 1978.
That marriage only lasted until 1980, and Gatlin has kept out of the public eye
since the divorce. Thornton's second wife was actor Toni Lawrence, from 1986 to 1988.
There's not much publicly known about Lawrence beyond her past film and TV work.
After that, Thornton walked down the aisle again with actor Cynthia Williams,
with that marriage lasting from 1990 to 1992. Wife number four was Pietra Dawn Cherniak,
from 1993 to 1997. She and Thornton had two children together, William
and Harry. But Thornton's most headline-grabbing marriage was of course to Angelina Jolie,
which lasted from 2000 to 2003. The media lapped up the quirky nature of their relationship and
joint star power. And finally, in 2014 Thornton married makeup artist Connie Angland. As of 2021,
they're still going strong, and they have a daughter together named Bella Thornton.
"My marriages were always very short."
"Yes."
Eva Longoria is certainly no novice when it comes to being someone's wife. The Desperate
Housewives alum first got hitched back in 2002 to actor Tyler Christopher. At the time, the public
didn't even know that they'd eloped in Las Vegas, at least not until they were divorced in 2004.
Longoria's second husband was former NBA All-Star Tony Parker. They were married from 2007 to 2011,
and it was reported that the split was caused by Parker exchanging explicit text messages
with Erin Barry, wife of Brent Barry, his former teammate on the San Antonio Spurs. A TMZ source
claimed that Parker denied physically cheating on Longoria but admitted to sexting with Erin.
Longoria also reportedly found hundreds of those racy messages on Parker's phone.
Longoria then went on to marry José Bastón in 2016 in Mexico,
after they had dated for nearly three years. Bastón is the president of
the mass media company Televisa. As of 2021, the couple are still going strong.
"So how are you enjoying being Mrs. Bastón?"
"I love being Mrs. Bastón!"
Britney Spears has made it clear that she wants to marry her current fiancé
Sam Asghari. Unfortunately, due to the restrictive conservatorship that she was under for years,
that wasn't possible. Now that dad Jamie Spears is no longer running her life,
she may find that the third time's the charm if she and Asghari seal the deal following his
proposal in September 2021. But before him, there were two other husbands. First up was
childhood pal Jason Alexander, who's not to be confused with the Seinfeld star of the same name.
"Just remember: it's not a lie if you believe it."
Spears and Alexander were married for a whopping 55 hours. It was New Year's 2004,
and she invited him on a trip to Vegas. As he recalled to ABC News in 2012,
"She just came out and asked me. She was like,
'Well, let's get married.' And I was like, 'Sure. You know, let's do this.'"
He claimed that they'd been drinking, but don't blame this quickie wedding on the alcohol,
as Alexander insisted that he was in love with her. Once Spears' family and managers got wind
of the nuptials, though, the marriage fizzled quickly and ended with an annulment. Spears
tried it one more time in 2004 when she tied the knot with backup dancer Kevin Federline
just three months after they started dating. They had two sons together, but they split in 2007.
Hopefully, things will be different with Asghari, whom Spears has been dating since 2016.
Angelina Jolie is a card-carrying member of the three-time marriage club. Her first marriage began
in 1996 to British actor Jonny Lee Miller. They met on the set of Hackers and divorced in 2000,
months before her next marriage. Jolie then married the aforementioned Billy
Bob Thornton in 2000, after meeting him on the set
of Pushing Tin. Thornton was still engaged to Laura Dern at the time,
so it's probably safe to assume that the Jurassic Park star didn't send them a wedding gift.
One of the most unusual aspects of Jolie and Thornton's romance is the fact that they wore
vials of each other's blood. In 2014, Thornton told students at Loyola Marymount University's
School of Film & Television that the vials were a way to keep him and Jolie connected
since they were often apart. But the blood union didn't work forever, as they divorced in 2003.
Jolie's third marriage was to Brad Pitt in 2014 after they met on the set of 2005's
Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They officially divorced in 2019 but not before they welcomed six children,
three of them via adoption. In 2021, Jolie accused Pitt of abuse,
which he's strongly denied. In 2016, he was cleared of committing child abuse by the Los
Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Charlie Sheen is a three-timer when it comes to walking down the aisle. His first wife was model
Donna Peele, whom he wed in 1995. They met in New York while filming a commercial and were married
after just six weeks of dating. Sheen explained his decision to The New York Times by noting,
"My research and travel has shown me people who court for a decade
usually have a marriage that lasts only a couple of years."
Despite Sheen's research, that marriage barely lasted just a year, as they divorced in 1996.
In 2002, he wed Denise Richards. They met on the set of the film Loaded Weapon 1 in 1991
but waited for a while to become a couple. They eventually had two daughters, Sam and Lola Rose,
but they got divorced in 2006 after some of their problems spilled into the press.
Sheen's third marriage was to Brooke Mueller in 2008, and they had twin boys, Bob and Max,
before divorcing in 2011. Alleged fights were a reported issue, including one instance when Sheen
was arrested in 2009 in Aspen, Colorado, after Mueller claimed that he pulled a knife on her.
Pamela Anderson is apparently a firm believer in the saying "if at first you don't succeed,
try, try again." She's been married five times, first with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee in 1995.
They exchanged vows in Cancún, Mexico just six weeks after being introduced to each other,
but then they divorced in 1998. Then in that same year, Lee was arrested and charged with
felony spousal abuse after Anderson told police that she was assaulted. He was
eventually arrested and sentenced to 180 days in jail. They also had two children together.
Anderson's next marriage was to Kid Rock, which lasted from 2006 to 2007.
They cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split. But according
to a report from the New York Post, the divorce had to do with Rock not liking
Anderson's cameo appearance in 2006's Borat as the title character's object of desire.
Anderson was then married to poker player Rick Salomon from 2007 to 2008,
and then again from 2014 to 2015. She then wed producer Jon Peters after that,
a man she'd met 30 years prior, but the marriage lasted for just 12 days. In a statement,
Anderson announced that the marriage wasn't legal. In 2020, she married her
bodyguard Dan Hayhurst on Christmas Eve, and they're still together as of 2021.
All three of Kim Kardashian's marriages have been placed under a big bright spotlight.
It wasn't as bright during her first marriage, though, as she wasn't quite
a huge celebrity when she was married to songwriter Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004.
She was only 19 years old at the time of the wedding, while he was 29. She even once admitted
on an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians that she married him while high on ecstasy.
She also called him controlling and physically abusive, which he denied.
Kardashian's second marriage in 2011 was to former NBA player Kris Humphries, but then she filed for
divorce after just 72 days. Their fancy wedding cost a reported $10 million and aired over two
nights on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. During a 2017 episode of Watch What Happens Live with
Andy Cohen, Kardashian admitted that she knew the marriage was a mistake as soon as the honeymoon.
"On the honeymoon, you knew?"
"Yeah."
"Right."
The next and most talked about marriage was to Kanye West,
as they tied the knot in 2014 in Florence, Italy. In between their many red carpet moments,
they found time to have four children together: North and Saint, as well as Chicago and Psalm,
who were born via surrogate. Problems surrounding the couple began surfacing
in the press in 2020, with Kardashian filing for divorce in February of 2021.
Gary Oldman has been in a long list of films and TV shows since the early 80s, but one of his main
roles in life has been that of a husband. In fact, he's played the role five different times, and not
always to critical acclaim. He first married fellow English actor Lesley Manville in 1987,
but they split in 1990. They met at the Royal Court Theatre in London and have a son named
Alfie. Soon after the split, Oldman married Uma Thurman, and they were together from 1990 to 1992.
They began dating on the set of the film State of Grace, when she was 18 and he was 30.
From 1997 to 2001, Oldman was married to Donya Fiorentino, and in 2018
she accused him of physical and emotional abuse. She made that accusation to TMZ
after he won a Best Actor Oscar for the Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour. Wife
number four was singer Alexandra Edenborough, with that marriage lasting from 2008 to 2015.
Edenborough reportedly cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the divorce.
Oldman then married Gisele Schmidt in 2017, and as of 2021, they're still together.
English actor Sean Bean can certainly be considered another fan of marriage,
or at least weddings, having walked down the aisle five
times. His first wife was Debra James, whom he dated when they were both young students.
Their marriage lasted from 1981 to 1988. Wife number two was actor Melanie Hill,
as they stayed together for seven years from 1990 to 1997 and had two daughters together.
Bean then met his third wife, Abigail Cruttenden, on the set of the British TV series Sharpe. They
exchanged "I do's" in 1997, then divorced in 2000. Eight years later, he married actor
Georgina Sutcliffe, but they divorced in 2010. In 2012, Us Weekly reported that Bean was arrested
after it was suspected that he assaulted Sutcliffe. He was also arrested in 2012 for
allegedly harassing her via phone calls and text messages. He married his next wife, Ashley Moore,
26 years his junior, in June of 2017. As Bean admitted to the Daily Mail that year,
"I wasn't planning on getting married again, but then I wasn't planning on meeting someone
as amazing as Ashley. I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives together."
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